#4555857 - 02/12/21 07:11 PM
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Hi Chaps, I sent a couple of emails to that address you sent to my PM but received no reply. I, too, hope all is well with Rog or as well as can be expected in the circumstances. I've had prolonged internet access problems for a few months but finally got it solved today when a techniician found the cause right at the top of a telegraph pole. Wire corrosion! Freezing weather persists around here but at least we have clear blue skies every day. Yes, it would be great to get a B17 crew together. I'm sure Roger and Jens would be up for that. It might even draw in some of our old forum buddies from way back. SNAFU! Are you receiving me...over!
'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'
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#4557043 - 02/21/21 09:10 AM
Re: Here's what happened (Continued)
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Gents,
Adding my two cents to the recent deluge of activity, after a period of very wintry weather with snow and temperatures down to - 20 C / - 4 F in certain parts of the country - not quite as cold where I live, but still we were in the two digits zone, it seems like spring might suddenly be pressing to announce its imminent arrival. + 5 C / 41 F yesterday felt positively warm and I ventured on a ride. We might get 8 C today, Sunday, another ride in the offering perhaps?, and possibly 10 C later in the week. Thank goodness, be gone winter, spring can't come soon enough.
I'm saddened to learn of the negative consequences of the severe cold in the US and the power shortages in certain States. I wonder why they can't seem to manage to get a continuous supply of power flowing. Nudge, nudge.
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#4566141 - 04/26/21 07:08 PM
Re: Here's what happened (Continued)
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Gents,
Incredible to think that the Vulcan's predecessor on Avro's design table was the Lancaster. Much of the navigation and bomb aiming equipment in the Vulcan apparently also dated back to breakthroughs and innovations made during the later war years.
With the help of modern technogoly I have been able to watch a two part television special featuring lorry mechanic, TT-bike racer and tv-presenter Guy Martin following in the footsteps, or the air-wake, of Battle of Britain pilots training for air combat in a Hawker Hurricane against a Messerschmitt 109, or the Bouchon actually; the ex- spanish airforce version that was used in the 1969 movie as well as last seen in Nolan's movie Dunkerque. The training of aerial fighting manouvers reminded me straightaway of our venerable simulation and made me feel nostalgic for the hours I spent flying quick missions.. How many times have I not been turning left, turning right, climbing, diving - in my attempts to catch the 109 in the gun sight of my Spitfire or Hurricane, allowing for deflection shooting in one of those quick flight scenarios.
Guy Martin is an impish and irrepressive character. He owns a Merlin engine which he starts up on occasion. I wonder if I have become better at understanding him, or if he is speaking now with less of an accent. I suspect the latter.
April seems to turn out colder than experienced in many years. This morning actually we had sleet, and temperatures at night are still around the freezing point.
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#4573625 - 07/04/21 08:09 AM
Re: Here's what happened (Continued)
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Gents, and especially our respected and dear friends in the US: Happy Independence Day!
Hope the leg is on the road to a speedy recovery, Fittop. A colleague of mine, almost half my age, fell of his bike and cut his arm quite thoroughly which just goes to prove that we are always at some risk.
Dux has contacted me regards to the state of this thread.
With our chief conversationist and catalyst; JRT missing and contact lost, we might consider the future of the HWH thread. After how many years and how many views, it had a good inning and reading Tom Neil's memoirs about the Battle itself currently, I felt that the developers of our revered simulation must have taken a good deal of inspiration from those events described. But, like the Battle, this thread seems to be exisitng primarily in the past and perhaps it is time to accept that fact and discuss if we should padlock the thread, and continue our conversations in the Community Hall or under other relevant headings.
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#4573708 - 07/05/21 01:08 PM
Re: Here's what happened (Continued)
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Gentlemenses,
I’ve been negligent in posting here. I could say that I have nothing new to say, but that isn’t right. I could complain that I’ve been too busy of late but that wouldn’t be right either.
What I’m saying is … I have no excuse.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4573748 - 07/05/21 08:44 PM
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Gentlemenses,
I thought this would be right for a couple here. Sorry about the link. You will have to copy, paste, and search.
https://www.lightinthebox.com/en/p/21grams-men-s-short-sleeve-cycling-jersey-dark-gray-bike-top-mountain-bike-mtb-road-bike-cycling-breathable-sports-clothing-apparel-stretchy-athletic_p8477778.html?litb_from=paid_adwords_display&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google_display&adword_mt=&adword_ct=510759635506&adword_kw=&adword_pos=none&adword_pl=www.usairnet.com&adword_net=d&adword_tar=boomuserlist%3A%3A515641338&adw_src_id=7683098059_12119611382_115359314566_aud-751532783906&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2fel3OXM8QIVDhetBh3_zAp1EAEYASAAEgIS8vD_BwE
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4581151 - 09/26/21 02:47 PM
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Gentlemenses, things have certainly been quiet here.
Any news on Roger ?
How about everyone checking in with an update.
I have had some interesting developments. Flew from Tampa Florida to Missoula Montana and back. That is like flying from Dublin Ireland to Moscow and back. Lots of time flying in my small plane. Good adventure and a worthwhile experience for a pilot. All went pretty well. The FBOs along the way were all terrific. Good people around aviation. Wife got a bit more than she bargained for and was a bit weary for some of the return trip.
Got another car. A 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed. Wonderful car. Only had 28,000 miles on it. Like new. Wonderful luxury with incredible performance.
So that’s what happened.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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